Zahn's Department Store Records, 1921-1950
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Summary Information

Title: Zahn's Department Store Records
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1950

Creator:
  • Zahn's Department Store (Racine, Wis.)
Call Number: Parkside Mss 62; PH 3642

Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (12 archives boxes) and 22 photographs

Repository:
Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of a Racine, Wisconsin, department store established in 1898 and closed in 1982. Most materials date from the 1920's and 1930's and are significant for their documentation of advertising and marketing techniques, and as a representation of the designs and cultural values of those decades. Included are materials used in merchandising studies conducted in conjunction with the University of Michigan's Bureau of Business Research; advertising and promotional materials, including 66 monthly issues of Zahnettes, 1921-1928, and other direct mail advertising; blueprints and plans of the store; materials concerning store supplies and fixtures; and suppliers' catalogs and fliers. Also included are a small number of personal papers of the store's founder, Edward Zahn and one of his sons, Russell Victor Zahn.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0062
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